There were three different types of treaties that were negotiated here in the U.S. There were peace treaties …there were a land cession treaties…and there were treaties that created reservations… it says in the Constitution of the United States that treaties are “ the supreme law of the land ”…Without these land cession treaties, much of what is now in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, as well as many other areas throughout the country, could not legally exist…

Fred Friedman joins John Bauer and Heidi Holtan for Sports Page on the Thursday Morning Show. They talk about how COVID-19 is effecting all sports on the professional, college and high school levels. John and Heidi stump Fred with some trivia questions.

Farmers, miners, loggers and other rural workers and their families face a unique set of stresses in a normal time, but especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in rural areas where there is a higher suicide rate. Rich Tunell is the rural mental health program coordinator at the Lake Superior Community Mental Health Center, he joins Heidi and John to talk about this problem on the Thursday Morning Show. This service is free to anyone for: Crisis intervention Suicide prevention Family

Jeff Sundin is our Early Bird Fishing Guide, he joins Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show. This week Jeff reminds us to stay hydrated while fishing in hot weather, to pay attention to boating etiquette when on the lake and he gives us advice on keeping the flies off. Listen here for more fishing tips.

Riley Sager is the pseudonym of a former journalist, editor and graphic designer who is now a full-time writer. Riley is the author of international bestseller Final Girls and New York Times bestsellers The Last Time I Lied and Lock Every Door . His newest book, HOME BEFORE DARK is a “mystery wrapped in a ghost story." It revolves around Maggie Holt who has grown up being asked: what was it like? Twenty-five years ago her father wrote about their family’s harrowing experience living in a

Sun Yung Shin is an award winning Minnesota writer and poet, she’s also an educator and activist. In 2016 she edited the book : A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota -- it features essays on what it’s like to live as a person of color in Minnesota, and includes writers Kao Kalia Yang, Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria, Shannon Gibney, David Lawrence Grant, Heid Erdrich, and many more. A Good Time for the Truth was just named our next One Book One Minnesota book and it’s been made freely available

Investigative reporter Jack Sharpe is down to his last chance. Fired from his high-profile gig with a national news channel, his only lead is a phone full of messages from a grad student named Tori Justice, who swears she's observed an impossible result in a local election. Sharpe is sure she's mistaken...but what if she isn't? Sharpe learns that the person behind the hack is determined to turn American politics upside down. David Pepper is the creator of Jack Sharpe--Jack has been featured in

Anne Enright is the Irish writer of over 12 books. Her latest novel is called Actress . The book is a mixture of novel and memoir and the story switches back and forth between the life and career of Katherine O’Dell --a fictitious Irish theater legend and her daughter Norah who retraces her mother’s celebrated career and bohemian life, and delves into long-kept secrets, both her mother’s and her own. Actress is a character study about the freedom we find in our work and in the love we make and

Life of the Party is a darkly humorous narrative set in Milan. The story takes you into the underbelly of Milanese fashion and nightlife, through the eyes of Mia, a young expatriate. who came Milan to escape her problems but only found new and more glamorous ones. Mia indulges in the highs and lows that drugs and men can offer, only to be left with herself in the end. Can you lose your innocence if you never had it in the first place? Tragic, fun, artful-- Hacic-Vlahovic draws on her experience

Michele Andringa is the director of Head Start in Cass and Beltrami counties with programs from Kelliher to Pillager and from Bemidji to Walker and more . When the governor closed schools in March, Head Start faced the challenge of eight days of planning to change their classroom and home visit programs from in-person to distance-learning. Now, starting Monday, July 13th, Head Start is putting kids and staff face-to-face again as they continue to offer children and families a head start on